Calderdale Birds

Raft of  14 common scoter on Widdop reservoir  just now - our son watching them at the moment.  At 'narrow end' he says. Sandra 17.1...

Another quiet but very enjoyable week with high overall diversity, with between 35 - 40 species recorded daily, peaking at 41 on the 23rd. M...

 1 of 2 Oystercatchers Still 3 Willow warblers singing

Female Pied wagtail with 2 juveniles Also 1 Common sandpiper  

 Mid morning visit produced - not a lot - on the top of Ringby Lane c50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, mostly adults, on the roof of the process...

All seems pretty quiet at the moment but a male Whinchat on the fence-line on the edge of Ovenden Moor early on this morning was a nice sur...

 2 of 6 Oystercatchers Also Tufted duck 6m 2f

A quiet week generally, with nothing of real note until the 20th. The first migrant fledglings started to appear, with both Willow Warbler a...

Lapwing chick Meadow pipit Also 1 juvenile Swallow

I think this is a juvenile Common Buzzard. The greater coverts and upper scapulars look pale, and there is no dark tail band. Little Grebe A...

 Common frog Birds:  Little grebe 1             Tufted duck 6m 1f              Herring gull 2              Lesser black-backed gull 1 north ...

There were a few highlights from what was a typical early summer week of birding, especially in warm, generally still conditions. All the mi...

This morning there were 2 Great Crested Grebes together on the water - and suffering a lot of unwanted attention from an immature Herring Gu...

 4 young Canada geese, and 2 male Tufted ducks (out of 5m + 1f) A Barnacle goose with 8 Canadas flew over at 1035, heading SE

While there is nothing new to report on Soil Hill during the last week, the local birds seem to have enjoyed the warmer weather which will h...

 Little Stint found by Daniel Branch at Whiteholme today.

Taken on Monday. Happily throwing sticks for the dog along the shore line  

The warmer weather towards the end of the week brought some life to Soil Hill at last, with Hirundines and Swifts finally appearing in some ...

 At last - the Strines Street swifts have arrived!  Four of them in evidence today.  Screeching round our house too.  I always thought they ...

A rare visit for us up there yesterday afternoon but it turned out well as we caught up with DJB's Sanderling - a very smart looking bi...